I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

 Cast: Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
, Leigh Taylor-Young
Leigh Taylor-Young
, Jo Van Fleet
Jo Van Fleet
, Joyce Van Patten
Joyce Van Patten
, David Arkin
David Arkin
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

 Cast: Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
, Leigh Taylor-Young
Leigh Taylor-Young
, Jo Van Fleet
Jo Van Fleet
, Joyce Van Patten
Joyce Van Patten
, David Arkin
David Arkin

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Overview

One of the few 1960s satires of the hippie culture that doesn't appear to be concocted by grumpy old men, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas stars Peter Sellers as Harold Fine, a staid Jewish attorney. Engaged to the equally straitlaced Joyce (Joyce Van Patten), Harold wistfully dreams of having a more exciting lifestyle. Through a fluke, Harold is obliged to drive a station wagon emblazoned with "psychedelic" imagery; it is with this vehicle that he picks up his flower-child brother Herbie (David Arkin), and Herbie's groovy chick Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young). Rather enjoying the company of people outside of his establishment orbit, Harold lets Nancy stay over at her place, and she plies him with marijuana-spiked brownies. His inhibitions released by the spiked pastries, Harold kicks over the traces, grows his hair to shoulder length, and embarks upon an affair with Nancy. But when the effects of the brownies wear off, Harold suddenly feels like the rather foolish middle-aged man that he is. The beauty of I Love You, Alice B. Toklas is that it patronizes neither the hippies nor the Establishment characters; both groups are shown as human beings rather than agit-prop stereotypes.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/21/2014
UPC: 0888574100070
Original Release: 1968
Rating: R
Source: Warner Brothers Publications
Language: English
Time: 1:34:00
Sales rank: 27,543

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Peter Sellers Harold
Leigh Taylor-Young Nancy
Jo Van Fleet Mother
Joyce Van Patten Joyce
David Arkin Herbie
Herb Edelman Murray
Salem Ludwig Father
Louis Gottlieb Guru
Grady Sutton Funeral Director
Janet E. Clark Mrs. Foley,Mrs. Foley
Jorge Moreno Mr. Rodriguez
Ed Peck Man in Dress Shop
Jack Margolis Big Bear
Eddra Gale Love Lady
Carol O'Leary Anita
Gary Brown Ed Greco
Sidney Clute Mechanic
Roy E. Glenn Sr. Gas Station Attendant
Joe Dominguez Grandfather Rodriguez
William Bramley 1st Patrolman
Vince Howard 2nd Patrolman
Robert Miller Driscoll Crying Hippie
Karen Mickievic Crying Hippie's Wife
Elmer Bernstein Composer

Technical Credits
Hy Averback Director
Paul Mazursky Screenwriter,Executive Producer,Producer
Larry Tucker Screenwriter,Producer,Executive Producer
Charles Maguire Producer,Producer
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